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Let’s Talk About The NEW “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” Trailer

I’ve said it before I’ll say it again, AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!1!One!!!!ExclamationPoint!!

That’s a damn good trailer. It’s no secret that 75% of the staff here at The Hollywood Picture News is really excited for this movie. (I’m looking at you Rick). Not only is it the first theatrical release to not directly deal with the Skywalker family, it also apparently has a much darker tone, it being more of a war movie after all. We get an actual sense of the universe the Rebel Alliance is dealing with in A New Hope and it’s not a nice place.

Baze uses a goddamn shoulder mounted rocket launcher on one of those new (old) AT-ATs and it barely fazes it.

Jyn tells Gerrera that this is her chance to make a difference and he smirk/smiles at her. Which might be her superpower, as she got Mon Mothma to do it in the teaser too.

We see the U-Wing (which I hope they give an actual name to) make a daring escape to Hyperspace as something crumbles around them.

A TIE fighter crashes into an Imperial Command Bridge. Because they can’t seem to stop that from happening. Though this being a prequel, maybe this is the first time and they should have learned for the sequentially later movies. Am I over thinking this?

Jyn walks down an outdoor platform at comes face to face with a TIE fighter. I will say this looks pretty badass but if I had to guess I’d say that’s her commandeered ride out of there.

We see a shot of the whole group in the U-Wing getting ready and Jyn asks “Are you with me?” to which Andor replies “All the way.” Loren gets chills. (Especially because it looks like the same scene from the Celebration Footage we got last month where Jyn gives us a great “May the Force be with us all.”)

Title Card fades into Darth Vader looking at the plans for the Death Star and his trademark breathing. I can’t stop smiling.

You guys, I have a lot of hope for this movie. I have loved every piece of media I’ve seen from it. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to watch this trailer a couple hundred more times for the next couple months.